[Clinical psychology in rehabilitative cardiology - a working model (author's transl)]

The article presents a model for the psychological treatment within the framework of an in-patient rehabilitation programme for patients suffering from heart and circulatory diseases. On the basis of research work investigating the psychological factors of heart diseases, this model describes details of a clinical-psychological intervention and psychotherapeutic/psychosomatic supervision tested over a two-year period at a specialised rehabilitation centre for heart and circulatory diseases.